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{{Short description|Catholic archdiocese in Kerala, India}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Archdiocese
|name = Calicut
|latin = Archdioecesis Calicutensis
|local = കോഴിക്കോട് ലത്തീൻ അതിരൂപത
|country = [[India]]
|metropolitan =
|province =
|denomination = [[Catholic Church]]
|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]
|cathedral = Mother of God Cathedral in [[Kozhikode]]
|cocathedral =
|patron = [[St Francis Xavier]]
|parishes = 41
|area_km2 = 12,505
|population = 10,061,127
|population_as_of = 2006
|catholics = 38,092
|catholics_percent= 0.4
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop =
|metro_archbishop = [[Varghese Chakkalakal]]
|coadjutor =
|vicar_general = Jenson Puthenveettil
|auxiliary_bishops=
|emeritus_bishops =
|website = [http://www.calicutdiocese.org/index.php Website of the Diocese]
|image=Mother of God (Mater Dei) Cathedral, Calicut.jpg|caption=Mother of God Cathedral, Calicut}}
The '''Archdiocese of Calicut''' ({{langx|la|Archdioecesis Calicuten(sis)}}) is a [[Latin Church]] ecclesiastical province or metropolitan [[archdiocese]] in [[India]]. It depends on the missionary [[Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]]. Its suffragan dioceses are the [[Diocese of Kannur|Kannur]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sultanpet|Sulthanpet]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-12 |title=Calicut Elevated as Archdiocese; Bishop Varghese Named First Archbishop |url=https://ccbi.in/calicut-elevated-as-archdiocese-bishop-varghese-named-first-archbishop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706002219/https://ccbi.in/calicut-elevated-as-archdiocese-bishop-varghese-named-first-archbishop/ |archive-date=6 July 2025 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=CCBI |language=en-US}}</ref>

Its [[cathedral]] is Mother of God Cathedral, [[Catholic Marian church buildings|dedicated to Our Lady]], in the [[episcopal see]] of [[Kozhikode]] (Calicut).

== Statistics ==
{{As of|2015}}, it pastorally served 48,250 Catholics (0.6% of 8,059,057 total population) on 8,036 km² in 41 parishes and 3 missions with 132 priests (57 diocesan, 75 religious), 837 lay religious (127 brothers, 710 sisters) and 12 seminarians.

== History ==
* 12 June 1923: Established as Diocese of Calicut on territories split off from the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore]], [[Diocese of Mangalore]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore|Diocese of Mysore]]
* On 1949 it gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry{{fact|date=May 2021}}
* Lost territories repeatedly: on 31 December 1953 to establish [[Diocese of Tellicherry]], on 1998.11.05 to establish [[Diocese of Kannur]], on 28 December 2013 to establish [[Diocese of Sultanpet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F29197.php%3Findex%3D29197%26lang%3Den|title=Web Translator|access-date=15 May 2012|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005358/http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F29197.php%3Findex%3D29197%26lang%3Den|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>http://www.news.va/en/news/other-pontifical-acts-171 {{dead link|date=August 2019}}</ref>
* On 12 April 2025, the Diocese of Calicut was elevated to the status of an archdiocese by [[Pope Francis]]. Bishop [[Varghese Chakkalakal]], who had been serving as the diocesan bishop, was appointed as the first Metropolitan Archbishop of the newly formed Archdiocese.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-12 |title=കോഴിക്കോട് അതിരൂപതയായി ഉയർത്തപ്പെട്ടു, ആർച്ചുബിഷപ്പ് അഭിവന്ദ്യ വർഗ്ഗീസ് ചക്കാലക്കൽ! - Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/ml/pope/news/2025-04/pope-raises-kozhikode-diocees-to-archdiocese-archbishop-varghese.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.vaticannews.va |language=ml}}</ref>

==Ordinaries==
===Bishops===
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calicut (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclct.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org |archive-date=10 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910152107/https://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclct.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Paul Carlo Perini (1923 – 1932)
* Leone Proserpio (1932 – 1948)
* Aldo Maria Patroni (1948 – 1980)
* Maxwell Valentine Noronha (1980 – 2002)
* [[Joseph Kalathiparambil]] (2002 – 2011)
* [[Varghese Chakkalakal]] (2011 – 2025)

=== Metropolitan Archbishops ===

* [[Varghese Chakkalakal]] (2025 – present)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources and External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cali1.htm GCatholic, with Google satellite HQ picture - data for all sections] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.calicutdiocese.com/ diocesan website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613093807/http://calicutdiocese.com/ |date=13 June 2020 }}
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclct.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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[[Category:1923 establishments in India|1923 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Dioceses in Kerala|Christianity in Kerala]]
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[[Category:Churches in Kozhikode district]]

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